Antonia dickson the life and inventions
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Our weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storeit deserves a repairthe book is loose in the bindingspecial book with a great inscription fromare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikithe front and back cover are smudgy and stainedthe sections are loose here and therecatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availablethe flyleaves and the inside cover are affected by worm, though the book block isn’tplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki website
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The life and times of kings and queens collection, 18 book collection, editor antonia frasercollection or can post for an additional costpages in very good condition, some of the sleeves show signs of wearbeautifully illustrated and ideal for anyone studying or has an interest in history of our kings and queens
75 €
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Christopher marlowe - the life and death of tamburlaine the greatis loosely based on the life of the central asian emperor, timur (tamerlane/timur the lame, dour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storea play in two tragical discourses by cristopher marlowe - the hesperides press, london, - black cloth binding - unpaginated (222 ppwill be carefully packaged and sent insured, with track & tracewritten in or , the play is a milestone in elizabethan public drama; it marks a turning away from the clumsy language and loose plotting of the earlier tudor dramatists, and a new interest in fresh and vivid language, memorable action, and intellectual complexityillustrated by robert stewart sherriffs () with 15 full-page illustrations and 10 vignetteswhereas the real timur was of turkic-mongolian ancestry and belonged to the nobility, for dramatic purposes marlowe depicts him as a scythian shepherd who rises to the rank of emperorare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikinote in ink on first endpaperotherwise the book is in very good conditioncatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally available‘tamburlaine the greatcover with minor signs of usestamp on half title page’ (wikipedia) from the collection of folklorist and critic of american culture gershon legman) - cm number 126 from an edition of 300 copiesit may be considered the first popular success of london's public stageplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki website
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For sale are 2 hardback art books the life and works of constable by clarence jones the life and works of gainsborough by linda doeser lovely glossy pictures and details about the artists works of art
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"studebaker's" story is the chronicle of the life and death of an american automobile company where management's concept of "tradition" played a fundamental role in modeling corporate culture, rhetoric, and strategy"studebaker" may have failed in the long run, but its corporate life spanned more than a century, during which the company made a commitment to the community of south bend, accepted unions when other automobile manufacturers bitterly fought collective bargaining, and produced distinguished cars that still enjoy a loyal followingoxfam books & music lichfield while the big three automobile companies came to dominate the industry, its early uhistory was characterized by an array of competing companies"studebaker" explores managerial choice, corporate tradition, and the importance of ideas - not simply "market forces" - in shaping institutions in 20th-century americasee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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The life and explorations of david livingstone, llit was intended to provide a condensed account of his life for those unfamiliar with the newspaper accounts and those published by the national geographic societyour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storeminor wear to spine ends and boards’ cornersgilt title and vignette of livingstone on spinepublisher's brown cloth boards with gilt titles and decoration including gilt vignette of a lion with floral frame on front boardare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikithe missionary explorer - jillustrated with portrait frontispiece of drpublished by walter scottbook dimensions: 19 x 13cm & number of pages: 320catawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availablecondition solid and firm boardsno foxing, aside from the end papers and otherwise just occasional tanned markslivingstone and other sephia paint illustrationsall pages are cleanrobertson - walter scott - 19 x 13 cm - 320pp this biography was published a year after david livingstone’s deathplates are brightplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki website
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The life and explorations of david livingstone, llit was intended to provide a condensed account of his life for those unfamiliar with the newspaper accounts and those published by the national geographic societyour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storegilt title and vignette of livingstone on spinepublisher's brown cloth boards with gilt titles and decoration including gilt vignette of a lion with floral frame on front boardare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikithe missionary explorer - jillustrated with portrait frontispiece of drpublished by walter scottbook dimensions: 19 x 13cm & number of pages: 320catawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availablelivingstone and other sephia paint illustrationsrobertson - walter scott - 19 x 13 cm - 320pp this biography was published a year after david livingstone’s deathcondition boards lightly rubbed, endpapers foxed, else this is a bright, very good copyplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki website
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Hell's angel the life and times of sonny barger and the hell's angels motorcycle club by sonny barger (paperback, ) delivery uk delivery is usually within 10 to 12 working daysinternational delivery varies by country, please see the wordery store help page for details
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David livingstone - the life and explorations of david livingstone - london, adam & company, not dated ( pp - cm condition: goodour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storein original gilt-decorated hardcoverhere he arrived in portuguese territory (angola) and came into contact with the slave trade for the first timeit filled him with disgustare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikiin september livingstone retraced the journey back, but it took almost a year before he reached linyanti againbookblock slightly loose after first quirecomplete with frontispiece, engraving on title page, 4 engravings and map wikipedia: david livingstone (blantyre near glasgow, 19 march - chitambo on lake bangweulum, 1 may ) was a scottish missionary and one of the most famous explorers in livingstone headed north from cape town towards the makololo settlement of linyanti (now in northern botswana)catawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availablejust like his father, he showed himself very friendly towards livingstoneafter a journey of km through largely unknown territory, livingstone reached luanda where the he was warmly received by the portuguesethere he met the new king, sekeletu, son of sebituaneafter following the zambezi almost as far as the source, he headed west towards the coasthe gave him a group of 27 makololos to accompany him on his journeylivingstone left upstream on the zambezi in januaryplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki website
47 €
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Oxfam bookshop victoria road the life and adventure of robinson crusoe, (with a memoir of the author); who lived eight and twenty years, all alone in an un-inhabited island on the coast of america, near the mouth of the great river of oroonoque; having been cast on shore by shipwreck, wherein all the men perished but himselfepistolary, confessional, and didactic in form, the book is a fictional autobiography of the title character (whose birth name is robinson kreutznaer)-a castaway who spends 28 years on a remote tropical island near trinidad, encountering cannibals, captives, and mutineers before being rescuedwith an account how he was at last as strangely deliver'd by piratessee oxfam website for delivery information read morethis book is a maroon hardback edition with some marks on outer cover, yellowing pages with some stains but all pages still bound together
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Sikh gurus the life and times of the ten sikh gurus by om books international the sikh gurus are the spiritual masters of sikhi who established this religion over the course of about two and a half centuries, beginning inbeautifully illustrated, rare book bargain only £10he was succeeded by nine other gurus until, in , the guruship was finally passed on by the tenth guru to the holy sikh scripture, guru granth sahib which is now considered the living guru by the followers of the sikh faiththe year marks the birth of guru nanak the founder of sikhism
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Sikh gurus the life and times of the ten sikh gurusthe sikh gurus are the spiritual masters of sikhi who established this religion over the course of about two and a half centuries, beginning inbeautifully illustrated, rare book bargain only £10 read morethe year marks the birth of guru nanak the founder of sikhismhe was succeeded by nine other gurus until, in , the guruship was finally passed on by the tenth guru to the holy sikh scripture, guru granth sahib which is now considered the living guru by the followers of the sikh faith
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The life and times of king george v good condition apart from some damage to first page read more
8 €
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The life and times of king george v tothe story of seventy momentous years
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Wounded by love the life and wisdom of saint porphyrios by elder porphyrios (paperback, ) delivery uk delivery is usually within 9 to 11 working daysinternational delivery varies by country, please see the wordery store help page for details
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Oxfam bookshop knutsford a chronicle of england's golden age of the late 16th century, recounting the life and times of the remarkable elizabeth i in a cycle of 6 playsbox set unused and in original cellophane packaging see oxfam website for delivery information read more
12 €
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"the life and adventures of martin chuzzlewit" by charles dickens chapman & hall, london - first thus uk edition - with frontispiece by frank stone - 496p, 15cmx13cm - condition: good, nice half leather binding with decorative spine, bookplate to front endpaper, some foxing frontispiece present read moreour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storeare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikicatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availableplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki website
32 €
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The life and times of english monarchsany questions, please message me and i will do my best to answer (: collection onlyall the books you see in the photopractically brand newa few are missing such as george iileeds 14, west yorkshireexcellent condition considering their age
50 €
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Oxfam shop malmesbury the life and death of john mytton esq of halston shropshire the story of the regency rake and eccentric john mad jack mytton whose colourful life included being expelled twice from school and election as an mp when he spent only thirty minutes in the house of commons after finding the debates boringnames and addresses of two separate owners at front the address of one being on the subjects family seat of halston hallnimrod being the pseudonym of charles james apperleysee oxfam website for delivery information read more boards stained and edges bumpedspine worn at top and bottom preface to the first edition by nimrod with an introductory noticegilt title to front and spine17 tissue protected aquatint sporting plates and frontispiece by h alken and t j rawlingsformerly mp for shrewsbury high sheriff for the counties of salop and merioneth and major of the north shropshire yeomanry cavalrypage edges brownedtwo detached illustrations but both present red boards with black embossed sporting illustrations to front and spinespotting and foxing to tissue guards and some pages but fair condition overallincludes notices of his hunting racing shooting driving and extravagant exploits by nimrod fourth edition published by george routledge and sons of the broadway ludgate hill234 pages over four parts
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Oxfam bookshop cheltenham based on robert martineau's "the office and work of a priest" which was written in the s, this guide is for those considering whether they have a call to the priesthood, and those newly ordained who are tackling a new job and want advice on how best to set about the many different aspects of parish lifesee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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Farrell examines the life and legacy of one of america's most controversial political figuresbut nixon had another legacy: an america divided and polarisedsee oxfam website for delivery information read morefinally, in august , two years after the watergate scandal, nixon became the only president to resign in disgracebeginning in , when young navy lieutenant 'nick' nixon returned from the pacific and set his cap at congress, farrell traces how this idealistic dreamer became the ruthless man we remember nixon as todayit was a fine legacy, but nixon cared little for ithis staff of bright young men devised forward-thinking reforms addressing health care, poverty, civil rights, and protection of the environmenta deeply researched, superbly crafted biography of america's most complex presidentoxfam books & music lichfield a sunday independent book of the yearwithin four years of that first win, nixon would be a senator; in six, the vice president; and then presidentrichard nixon is a magisterial portrait of the man who embodied post-war american political cynicism - and was destroyed by ithe aspired to make his mark on the world stage instead, and his opening to china was the first great crack in the cold warit was nixon who launched the mccarthy era, who set south against north, and who spurred the silent majority to despise and distrust the country's elitein richard nixon, award-winning biographer john a
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Oxfam bookshop ludlow  this book written by sir john marriott, a british educationist, historian, and member of parliament recounts the life of lucius carey, viscount falkland, who was a royalist leader during the english civil warspine is firm, a little frayed at the ends see oxfam website for delivery information read more 3 owners signatures and 1 owner's book plate  published by methuen, in , this is the second, preferred edition of this historic text green cloth boards with minor wear and gilt embossed spinebinding and stitching tightminor browning and foxing to text commensurate with age bottom edge is rough-cut overall an extremely handsome volume tissue guard frontispiecebook is in very good condition358 pages with numerous illustrations, maps, & index
49 €
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Power play the life & times of peter hall by stephen fay hardback with dust jacket excellent condition home collection only from watford
9 €
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Description a survey of the life of mozart from child prodigy to musical genius struggling against society's growing indifferencekey features author(s)michael levey publisherlittle, brown book group date of publication language(s)english formatpaperback isbn- isbn- genrebiography: the artsvery good condition: a book that has been read and does not look new, but is in good condition
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How, when told to stop boxing when diagnosed with brain damage, he carried on being hit by the strongest men in the worldjimmy reveals his struggles with east end gangs, his family links to the krays and the dodgy world of boxing officialsthis official first edition biography is signed by the author and personally dedicated sent direct post free within the ukwhen the truth finally came out he went on to become an actor in tv and filmsjimmy batten boxing champion tv and film actor
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Some light tanning and some foxing to the textthere are a few white marks on the front board and signs of wear to the edges and corners and to the top and tail of the spinethis is the third volume, published in , bound in blue boardsoxfam bookshop hexham covers the career of claverhouse from the accession of king james to the battle of killicrankie, and the death of dundeesee oxfam website for delivery information read more
19 €
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Dundee was called 'the devil dundee' but did he deserve this name? this is volume 2, published in and bound in blue boardsoxfam bookshop hexham this book covers the period between the accession of charles 1st and the advent of king williamit exposes 'a vast amount of calumnious falsehood with which scotch fanaticism had debased the history of the country'there is some foxing and tanning and minor signs of wear to the edges and corners of the bindingsee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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Oxfam bookshop lymington this book traces the life and work of a painter twenty years old at the beginning of the twentieth centuryit would have taken any other artist decades of reflection and formulationthe work of the blue and rose periods was produced by a very young man in a span of hardly more than four yearsthe four years were full of travel and abrupt changes of location, passion, poverty, depression and inspirationart series which offers a series of monographs on the great masters of modern artvery good condition with just some light tanning to the white parts of the dust jacket and some light edge wear to the jacket51 colour reproductions - oils, gouaches, pastel; 20 pen & pencil drawings in two tones show the full range of the artist's stylesee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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Through exclusive access to mcleavey's extensive and hitherto untapped archive of letters, diaries, exhibition files and more, this book offers insights into artists represented by mcleavey including: colin mccahon, toss woollaston, len lye, milan mrkusich, bill hammond, gordon walters, michael illingworth, robin white, richard killeen, john reynolds, yvonne todd and many more see oxfam website for delivery information read morethe book is in very good, unmarked, clean condition and unclippedoxfam bookshop witney the first biography of peter mcleavey, the charismatic, pioneering art dealer who since the s has shaped new zealand artfar more than a simple biography, this examines the growth and development of contemporary new zealand artmcleavey's personal story is remarkable, but his contemporaries will recognise common themes: the religious upbringing, the struggle to be bohemian in repressive mid-century small town, the challenges of marriage and fatherhood, the dilemma of whether to stay or leave new zealand, and the need to make a markauthor jill trevelyan is a curator and award-winning writer specialising in twentieth century new zealand art
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